Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1928, Page 29

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Tentative plans for followin gestions to be made by Mis Abbott, chief of the United Children’s Bu on how to | infant in the District of Columbi v { adopted in the form of a resolut { by the Washington Council of Social Agencies luncheen in th C. A/t . 17th and K str | adopted following | lan address by Miss Abbott, who quoted infant and maternal mortality istics, authorized the council's Ith committee, Miss Gertrude H. of the Instructive Visiting the com- next few upon Abbott fc fit within the ays, 1 view to acting them. The committee is then to make a report to the council for approval | of its findir Miss Ahbott stated that these mor: tality rates have been reduced in the District, but declared that much re- mains to be done, and urged larger | appropriations for pre-natal and in fant care educational w - an’t expect to go ahead with the | t payment to doctors for con. that the | the free | nces.” she added, st paid doctors for h conferences are unusually low. Miss Abboit declared that a demon on should be made in the Dis rict, of what can be accomplished in reducing the infa maternal | mortality rate & the negro | ation, indicating it should ¥ complish much. due to ce to be found among thit race here than in most of the cities where there is a larzer n population. It also should be e indicated, because of the & of the negro population havinz lived here for many years Quotes Mortality Statistics. Miss Abbott quoted statistics show inz mortality rates in the District of Columbia as compared i cities during the yew recently compiled the infant mortality ferent police pi here. In the total United States birth registration area the infant morta raze for the vear named was 68 | 1,000 among ‘he white population ! and 110.8 per 1.000 births among the colored population, Miss Abbott said. | or a total average for both white and colored of 71.1 per 1,000 population | In the District the e £¢ was 87.8 per 1,000 births; giving 67.3 | as the average for the white popu lation and 133.1 for the colored. It was explained that adding the | average number of deaths per 1,000 showine | in the d average for both, due to the 7 LEARN ANOTHER — -‘-“'""—"ifiu births for both white and colored and LANGUAGE | dividing by two does not give a gen by our easy conversational method. famows for 9 years. Private or class instroction. - Moderate rates. FREE TRIAL LENSON Berlitz School of Languages R16 15th St N.W Tel. 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OF THIS PAPER AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT OF WASHINGTON ScHoOL FOR SECRETARIES e population of the country and shington far outnumbering the e avernge number of deaths per 1.000 in other cities, including white oted by Miss Ab | India Minneapolis, 5 | e 5: Seattle, 44.6; Baltimore, ' b1 56.3: Chi [ Tox angete Yok, 643 LA g ki ork, 64.8 | Philadelphia, ittsburgh, 815 and San Frameisco, 35.5. |, The'total rate for the District was { lowered to 85 in 1926, giving an aver jage of 67 per 1.000 white population {and 123 per 1,000 colored | The average maternal mortality | tes in the District, while not nearly approaching the number of deaths AmMoOng Infants. was higher than in most cities in the years 1923 to 1925 inclusive, Miss Abbott's figures show | The maternal mortality rates, based | on per 10,000 population instead of | 1.060. as in the case of infants, show | an average of 80.8 deaths per 10,000 i White population and 154.8 among the | colored. ~ This compares with other | citie~ s follows: ! Baltimore, 584 white and §5.3 col. ored, Chicago, 55.8 white and 308.2 cinnati, 814 white and Cleveland, 58.%8 ¢ white 3 colored: Detrojt 2 white 1084 dolored New York, 543 and 948 colored; Philadelphis e a colored, and apolis, and 123.% white Rates by Precinets. mortality rates accord 4% covered by the police | ently show ) the ar incts, 1 that the are ciner, Nicho etween 13th and 14th streets, has the lowest rate wih a total of 369 for white and eol. ored. with 358 for white alone, actual figures on colored not glven The highext rate was in the area coy- “1¢d by No. & precinct, 1 street he. and 6th streets mouthwest, 1282 per 1,000 average | and colored, or 79 white all the precinet areas 5 No. 11, tots) 129. No, )2, colored ot ; white, 53; colored aperintendent of ot rather du M. Kuber of cred i brie uIT [ SETTLED BY HEIRS | William H. 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